Bettina
Bettina was given to 9 girls in 2025, #10,225 among girls’ names; 6,482 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,060 Americans named Bettina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 45 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bettina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bettina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bettina is “a female given name from German.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bettina?
#10,225 among girls’ names, 2025
Bettina rose from #14,793 in 2015 to #10,225 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 5.6 per million.
192 babies in 1965, the peak
Bettina peaked in 1965, when 192 girls were given it, #714 among girls’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,225 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,664 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,447 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,445 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,557 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,256 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,916 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,935 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,828 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,476 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #14,793 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,632 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,100 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,274 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,313 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,406 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,515 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,593 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,044 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,584 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,408 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,884 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,643 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,884 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,601 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,525 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,535 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,600 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,906 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,950 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,699 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,124 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,223 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,427 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,620 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,524 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,657 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,984 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,679 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,738 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 93 | #1,382 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 102 | #1,255 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 110 | #1,185 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,107 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 159 | #937 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 158 | #948 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 149 | #967 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 139 | #992 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,469 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,254 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 79 | #1,350 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 103 | #1,124 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 121 | #980 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 122 | #982 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 120 | #1,027 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 118 | #1,043 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 108 | #1,054 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 176 | #746 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 147 | #826 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 153 | #801 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 192 | #714 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 167 | #808 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 189 | #749 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 168 | #806 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 168 | #809 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 173 | #776 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 112 | #996 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 115 | #961 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 139 | #862 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 126 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 83 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 62 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,183 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 70 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 64 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 59 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 86 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 71 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 67 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 58 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,410 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,646 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,879 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,420 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,881 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,013 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,485 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,477 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,424 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,029 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,179 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,125 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,682 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,681 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,509 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,680 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,755 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,559 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,211 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,675 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,626 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,558 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,858 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,313 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Bettina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bettina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 121 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bettina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bettina, and how old are they?
5,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 6,482 Americans ever recorded as Bettina. The median Bettina alive today is 56 years old; half are between 45 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 6,807 people named Bettina (6,802 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,290 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 184 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,640 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,900 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 993 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 216 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 120 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bettina born?
The states with the most babies named Bettina are New York, California and Texas, with 52% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 831 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| California | 563 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 275 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 235 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Florida | 169 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 161 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 158 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 117 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 114 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 82 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Bettina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bettina is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bettina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 7,498 babies since 1880, Bettina is the most given (86% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bettina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bettina and names like it
- Compare Bettina and BetinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sBettina peaked in 1965.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bettina since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Bettina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1965The year the most babies were named Bettina.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Bettina alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with BMost given first.